Zika virus was first identified in Uganda in 1947.

Q.  Zika virus first identified in
- Published on 02 Feb 16

a. Uganda
b. Brazil
c. Venezuela
d. Nigeria

ANSWER: Uganda
 
  • Zika virus was first identified in Uganda in 1947.
  • Currently, Zika virus disease has been reported so far in the following countries; Brazil, Barbados, Bolivia, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Equador, El Salvador, French Guyana. Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, St Martin, Suriname, Virgin Island and Venezuela.
  • In humans, the virus causes a mild illness known as Zika fever, Zika, or Zika disease, which since the 1950s has been known to occur within a narrow equatorial belt from Africa to Asia.
  • The virus was first isolated in April 1947 from a rhesus macaque monkey that had been placed in a cage in the Zika Forest of Uganda, near Lake Victoria, by the scientists of the Yellow Fever Research Institute.

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